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@sind @twine JOHN WETTSTEIN, OFLYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 91,391, dated June 15, 1869.

MACHINE yFOR ROLLING- TOBACCO.

The Schedule referred toin thes'e Letters Patent: and making part of the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNVWET'ISTEIN, of Lynchy j machine Figure 2 representsa side elevation; -Figures 3 and `4: represent views in detail of the means for stopping and starting the feed-roller;

Figures 5 and 6 represent views in detail of the means for stopping and starting thev forming-rolls;

A vand Figure 7 represents the cutters, and an end view of the feed-rolls and belt.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The nature of this `invention relates to improvements in machinery forforming tobacco iut'o rolls, the object of which is to provide a more economical means for accomplishing the same than those now in use.

It consists in a system of vfeed-rollers and belt, ar-

` ranged to feed a suiljcient quantity for the length of a roll; also, an arrangement of means for automatically stopping the feed when asuflcient quantity has beeufed in; also, in a rotating cutter, arranged to be moved forward by the operator, to sever the amount sufed in, and to be thrown back, by a weight, into contact with mechanism for setting the feed-rolls into `action again; also, ilra system of rollers and a belt,

arranged to receive the leaves so fed in, and form them into a roll; also, in a means of .adjusting the said rollers tovary the sizes of the rolls; also, in au arrange.- ment of means for opening and stopping the motion of the said rolls, to remove the finished roll, and for closing and for settiug'them into motion again; lalso,

in an arrangement of means for wrapping the end of the roll; and also, in the several combinations hereinafter named. A

Ou reference to the accompanying drawings- A represents the frame of the machine.-

B represents the driving-shaft, which may be operated by a treadle, or by any other suitable means.

C represents a feeding-table, provided with a feeding-belt, D, which is actuated by arolle'r, E, and works 'over a series of guiding-rollers, shown in fig. 7, and marked E. j

The driving-roller is actuated by the worm-wheel ou the upper end of the shaft F, which receives motion from the driving-shaft by means of pulleys and a belt. -The upper end of the shaft F/is borne in a bent arm, a, projecting om the lower end of the vertical shaft a', which is supported in a bracket secured to the frame of the machine.

a2 represents a sliding rod, supported in a bracket, a3, also secured to the frame, and provided with a. pin, a, spiral spring, a5, and a notch, a5.

The piu bears againstthe bentarm a, and the tendency of the spring is in the direction to throw the worm out of gear with the worm-,wheel ou the shaft of the feed-roller E.

ai represents a spring-latch, pivoted to the frameat a, and provided with a pendent projection, a, on the inner end.

The said latch rests in the notch a.6 of the sliding rod a, and holds the worm in gear with the wormwheel E2 until a lug, a, on the said wheel, striking the projection a9 of they latch ai, raises it out of the notch als in the sliding rod a2, when the spring a5 will throw the worm out of gear with the wheel E b represents an arm, secured to the top of the shaft a, the object of which will be presently described.

d represents a fixed cutter, arranged upon the frame of the machine, across the feedingpath, about in line with the upper face of the feeding-belt..

bl represents a rotary and reciprocating cutter, arranged on a slide, b2, which works back and forth ou the slide-rod b3, arranged in the proper position to permit the rotary cutter to act in conjunction with the stationary cutter d, to cut oli` the sheets or leaves' of tobacco when a sucient quantity has been fed iu for the length of a roll.

The roller E is designed to be of the right size for one revolution to feed in a' sufficient quantity, as above described.

When the said roller has made one revolution, the lug al", on the wheel E2, will lift the latch aT out of the n'otch in the slide. a2, when the spring a? will throw it outward against the arm a, disconnecting the worm from the wheel E, stopping the feed-rollers, at which vtime an amount of tobacco equal in length`to the circumference of the feed-roll will have been fed in beyond the cutters.

The operator, then laying hold of the handle of the slide bz, will move the sliding cutter across the said' feeding-path, cutting o the strip of tobacco.

The sliding cutter will also' be set into rotarymotion by a cord', b, which is wound over the shaft of the cutter, and fastened at each end to the frame.

A weight is connected to the slide b2, for drawing it back, and works over a pulley for that purpose, shown in red in fig. 2. A projecting rod, b5, ou the cutter-slide b2, will, when the slide is drawn back by the weight, strike the end of the arm b on the shaft a), and swing it around, so as to throw the worm into gear with the worm-wheel E2, and thereby set the feed-rollers into motion again for feeding in another similar quantity.

e and c1 represent forming-rollers, and cz a formingbelt, which are actuated by a roller, es, shown in dotted lines in iig. 2, and clearly in fig. 6, which receives its motion from the driving-shaft B, through the pinion e* and the wheel e.

e* represents a roller, arranged in adjustable brackets e', whereby the belt may be so governed as tocontrol the size of' the roll to be formed.

The roller e is arranged in swinging arms e, which oscillate on the axle of' the roller e, whereby it may be moved up near to the roller e, or away from it, as in figs. 1 and 2.

The side-frames are provided with curved brackets f, whereon are arranged spring-catches j", which catch behind the arms e', and hold them in position, when they are adjusted to the working-position 1.

The forming-belt is made of suflicient length, and arranged to lie in the space between the rollers e and e, wherein the roll is to be formed.

The operator,when the forming-roller has been moved 'up into working-position, as shown in fig. 1, and motion communicated to them, seizes hold of the sheetof tobacco, which has been fed in and out ofi', as before described, and draws it on to the forming-belt, over the roller e, whereby it is fed down into the lug of the belt, between the said rollers e and e', when it is formed up into the roll, as will be readily understood, after which the roller e' is moved back again to the position shown in g. 2, and the roll removed by the operator preparatory to forming another.

As it is desirable that the forming-belt and rollers should not be in motion while the roll is being removed, the hereinafter-described mechanism has been .devised,whereby the same may be automatically started into motion or stopped by action ofthe swinging arms e, in moving up to or away fiom the roller e.

The wheel e", (see iig. 6,) isfarranged to run loosely on the shaft of the roller e.

g represents a clutch, arranged to slide loosely on the said shaft, but connected thereto by aspline working in a groove in the said shaft, whereby it may communicate rotary motion to it.

The clutch-plate is provided with projections g, and the wheel e5 is provided, on the side adjacent to the clutch, with a recess, wherein pins g2 are fixed, so as to catch against the projections g, on the clutch-plate, when the latter is moved up into the recess, and communicate motion to the clutch g, and to the shaft of the loller e.

gl represents a crotched right-angled slide, which takes into a groove in the hub' of the clutch g, which is moved to or from the wheel e by the angularlyarranged wing-plate e, projecting from the end of the swinging arm e, which works between the pins g5, in the face of the slide g.

When the operator moves the swinging arms toward thefixed roller e, the wing-plate g moves the clutch 'toward the wheel e", and engages it therewith, thereby setting the forming-rollers and belt into motion, and when he moves them in the opposite direction, to take out the finished roll, the wing-plate moves the clutchplate in the opposite direction, disconnecting the same from the wheel e", and stopping the motion of' the rollers and belt.

h represents a circular cap, arranged in the proper position, and provided with a slit and curved lip for forming the wrappers around the end of the roll.

The stoc'kior forming the roll is placed by the operator on the feeding-belt D, and properly spread out thereon, and the wrappers are also fed in by him at the proper time to the forming-belt e.

The sides of the feeding-trough in which the belt D works may be made adjustable, whereby the quantity to be fed in may be regulated, as desired.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The feed-rollers E and E', and feeding-belt, in combination with the feeding-table C, when constructed and operated substantially as and for the purpose described.

2.- The combination, with the feed-rollers and belt, of the means arranged, substantially as described, for stopping the feed, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the feed-rollers and belt, of the cutters, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with the feed-rolls and belt, of' the means for automatically setting them into gear with the driving-mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with the said means for setting the feed-rolls into gear with the driving-mechanism, of the sliding cutter-trame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The forming-rolls e and e, and forming-belt arranged for joint operation, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination of the same with the drivingroll e, substantially as and for the purpose described'.

8. The combination, with the same, of the adjustable roller e, s ubstantiallyas and for the purpose described.

9. The forming-roller e, arranged in oscillating bearings, substantially as and-for the purpose described.

10. The combination, with the forming-rolls and belt, of the means, substantially as described, for connecting and disconnecting the said rolls and belt with,the driving-mechanism, as and for the purpose speciiied.

11. The combination, with the forming-rolls and belt,

of the wrapping-plate h, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. The combination, with the forming-mechanism, of the feeding-mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN WETTSTEIN. Witnesses FELIX Dnnnnnvun, JOHN Srrnnra.` 

